Represent Women Empowerment with AAUW International Fellowship Program 2018

The AAUW International Fellowship Program 2018 has an objective to motivate and stimulate women as an individual and offer a helping hand to support their dream through financial support provided by the AAUW organization. Under this scholarship scheme, the institution offers a Master’s / First Professional Degree, Postdoctoral and Doctoral level courses for the young budding talented female students. The major agenda of the Institution is to help these emerging students by providing them much-needed financial assistance and make them capable to showcase their knowledge to the world.  

About the Scholarship:

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) starts this fellowship program to support women candidates who are unable to complete their studies due to some reasons and provide them a platform to expand their wings to fly. Desirable female candidates who want to pursue her full-time Doctoral/ PhD or Postdoctoral education in the United States here is your chance to prove your worthiness. For the fellowship, program preferences will be given for those applicants who show prior commitments for the development of feminists through professional work. The scholarship aims to develop the skills of the recipients and give them the vision to become a leader in the field of Government, Academia, Community Activism, Business, Arts and Sciences. Winners will be awarded a prize money worth of USD 18,000 for Master’s level, USD 20,000 for Doctoral, and USD 30,000 for Postdoctoral courses.

Highlights of the Competition:

• Provides a platform to the young budding female candidates for graduation and postdoctoral education in the USA.
• Students are invited from all over the world.
• As per the officials, approximately 3400 scholarships will be distributed in the previous years.
• Scholars will be awarded a cash prize worth of USD 18,000 to 30,000 per annum.
• Up to 5 scholarships are available for the master degree program.

Important Dates:

Scholarship Amount:

The shortlisted candidates will get the following benefits of the fellowship:

The scholarship funds are only available for:

1. Living expenses
2. Educational expenses
3. Travel to professional conferences, meetings or seminars as long as it does not exceed 10 percent of the scholarship
4. Dependent child care

Eligibility Criteria:

Nationality & Background-

• Only female candidates are allowed to apply for the fellowship.
• An applicant must have an educational degree equivalent to a U.S.A bachelor’s degree and must be completed by November 15, 2018.
• Have a nationality of a country other than the United States of America.
• Have a purpose to come again to her home country after the completion of the course.
• Set an agenda to pursue a professional career.
• Intend to work with full dedication during the whole fellowship year.

Other Educational Details-

• The applicant must be a native speaker of the English language.
• Should have completed her UG degree or secondary diploma in an English speaking college or institute.
• Applicant needs to upload a recent ETS TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), Score Card.
• Minimum 550 scores for Paper-based test, 79 for the Internet-based test, and 60 for Revised TOEFL paper-delivered test.
• Master courses included under the scholarship are M. Arch., J.D., L.L.M., M.F.A., or medical degrees such as D.D.S., M.D., etc.
• Preferences will be given only to the female candidates who show their prior commitment to the advancement of females through the community, civic, and professional work.

Note: The scholarship is not available for the previous recipients of AAUW fellowship. Also, members of the AAUW organization are not eligible to apply.

Steps to Apply:

1. Click here to visit the official link of AAUW International Fellowship Program 2018.
2. Register yourself for the fellowship.
3. Now Login with your registered email id and password.
4. Fill the complete form and upload necessary documents.
5. Write your proposal stated the topic- why you need this scholarship.
6. At last, submit your application form and take a print out for future reference.

Necessary Documents for the AAUW International Fellowship Program 2018:

Tips for Proposal Writing:

Selection Procedure:

The selection process will be made on the basis of the following criteria-

• Academic qualifications
• Candidates commitment to the advancement of the female category in her home country
• Proposed time scheduled
• Quality of proposed research plan
• Demonstrated evidence of a prior community in the home country
• Applicant’s country’s need for specialized knowledge
• Financial need
• A motivation for graduate study or research

Rules and Regulations:

1. The fellowship funds are not available for:  Indirect costs, Purchase of equipment, Research assistants, Publication costs, Previous expenditures, deficits, or repayment of loans, Institutional (overhead) costs, Travel to or from a fellow’s home country, Tuition for dependent’s education, Grants-in-aid for less than a full academic year or travel grants, Travel to or from the fellow’s research location, if abroad (does not apply to fellows who are GWI members with AAUW approval to study or research in a country other than their own).
2. The income of the fellowship is made payable to scholars only, not to institutions.
3. The selected fellows need to work up to 15 hours a week with the prior written approval of the AAUW Organization.